Possibly of interest: online session next Wednesday, moderated by fellow wikipedian Meg Wacha :)

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library libraryoutreach@un.org Date: Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 6:28 PM Subject: [UPCOMING EVENT] Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGs, 17 July 2024

Dear Colleagues,

The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library would like to invite you to a virtual panel discussion: “*Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGs*,” scheduled for Wednesday, 17 July, 2024 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. (EDT)

Register Now https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/feb783bc-6724-4ee8-bd42-33be09044781@0f9e35db-544f-4f60-bdcc-5ea416e6dc70

Open science and open scholarship are the enabling environment through which all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may be accomplished. However, there are a variety of approaches to the adoption and evaluation of open science and open scholarship; approaches that reflect a global imbalance in research and development and, in some cases, further grow and concretize such divides. UNESCO’s Open Science Outlook 1 https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387324 warns that the “cultural shift to open science will only be possible with adequate monitoring of its impacts, including its possible unintended consequences for science and/or society.”

It is within this context that the United Nations’ Dag Hammarskjöld Library convenes an official side event to the High-Level Political Forum https://hlpf.un.org/. The UN Open Science Conference, convened biennially by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and its partners, has repeatedly heard calls for academic institutions to move their focus away from metrics and instead return to their role as agents of social change, with research agendas driven by “global relevance rather than journal visibility.” How do policies, established to globally advance open science and the SDGs, impact local evaluation frameworks for research institutions? How do they impact individual researchers and their work? Do they help or hinder achievement of the SDGs?

Speakers include:

*Dr. Suchiradipta Bhattacharjee*, International Water Management Institute

*Dr. Yensi Flores-Bueso*, Global Young Academy

*Dr. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Gadd*, Loughborough University, Coalition on Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA)

*Dr. Geeta Swamy*, Duke University, Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS)

*Dr. Giannis Tsakonas*, University of Patras, LIBER Europe

Moderator: Mx. Meg Wacha, Dag Hammarskjöld Library

*Participation in UN events is governed by the **UN Code of Conduct* https://www.un.org/en/content/codeofconduct/*. By registering for the event, you agree to adhere to this policy.*

We look forward to your participation!

Dag Hammarskjöld Library

United Nations Headquarters

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